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Canterbury Scene Albums Year by Year: 1973

 4 stars 1973: Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt0FuNvUESL3n07pAc4QxoA
 3 stars 1973: Daevid Allen's Gong - Flying Teapot - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCkdxUoZ65KgEAxUk0AuSmC
 3 stars 1973: Daevid Allen's Gong - Live at the Bataclan - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ndSkO2DXGuzxObmoKFXphrYX5vvvDThNw
 3 stars 1973: Supersister - Iskander - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94yD3bq_ioU
 4 stars 1973: Tortilla Flat - SWF Session - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSE59YdEbZM
 4 stars 1973: Travelling - Voice La Nuit Tombee - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dUGwXVBIEw

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Canterbury Scene Albums Year by Year: 1972

 3 stars 1972: Kevin Ayers - Whatever She Brings We Sing - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lI1C8TC3_q4tdBovWYyph6LVdcWNmg1gs
 5 stars 1972: Catapilla - Changes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woesy-QYiEg
 4 stars 1972: Daevid Allen's Gong - Continental Circus (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDmGde7hOFRW315yc6rLOMM
 5 stars 1972: Nicholas Greenwood - Cold Cuts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWP9qeM8_0
 2 stars 1972: Hugh Hopper - 1984
 3 stars 1972: Moving Gelatine Plates - The World of Genius Hans - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ml5nVP3Lkkn7YlSinSadzytnnTbSb8JN4
 5 stars 1972: Pantheon - Orion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSaaCDBYF3M
 5 stars 1972: Pazop - Psychillis of a Lunatic Genius - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWVYV0xKxzGwaS5yFF_brsSDTF-onqe5I
 3 stars 1972: Supersister - Pudding en Gisteren - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwzcBzD-SsM

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Originally posted by rcarlberg rcarlberg wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Canterbury Scene Albums Year by Year: 1968-1969, 1970, 1971..

What a freaking AMAZING decade that was.
Yes, and the best is yet to come in 1972. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Canterbury Scene Albums Year by Year: 1968-1969, 1970, 1971..

What a freaking AMAZING decade that was.
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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

My memories of the Canterbury scene:
- Saw another Canterbury supergroup, Going Going (Hopper/R. Sinclair/Ward/Hewins), this time at Brixton Fridge supporting Gong Maison, in 1991.

Canterbury musician I have seen the most:  Richard Sinclair

Got any recordings, Rick ?Shocked
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Canterbury Scene Albums Year by Year: 1971

 5 stars 1971: Caravan - In the Land of Pink and Grey - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuvsF8fnd5IFaqvwNUGPObK
 4 stars 1971: Catapilla - Catapilla - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tAWCAuqa-Q
 3 stars 1971: Daevid Allen's Gong - Camembert Electrique - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCPwOsH5kkDBkJzDVxf5lHa
 5 stars 1971: Gringo - Gringo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weh0SXhJ1iE
 3 stars 1971: Moving Gelatine Plates - Moving Gelatine Plates - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lcyR8RvLW41ztn8ou18nHE1wbkOoT8GPM
 3 stars 1971: Supersister - To the Highest Bidder - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU5026Bj3S0



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Canterbury Scene Albums Year by Year: 1970

 2 stars 1970: Kevin Ayers and the Whole World - Shooting at the Moon - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n9qnG8Kc2xZNuFnd7vb7OXzB05IQh2ljU
 4 stars 1970: Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtsoUorBySZ8GsEIMLVrI2R
 4 stars 1970: Carol Grimes' Delivery - Fools Meeting - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVuWbCdbgBw
 3 stars 1970: Daevid Allen's Gong - Magick Brother - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA_xQv6oHwIUpm6O0YaJUrT
 4 stars 1970: McDonald & Giles - McDonald & Giles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMff9CM7yPU
 3 stars 1970: Supersister - Present from Nancy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SurjxwfHNu8
 1 stars 1970: Robert Wyatt - The End of an Ear - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtPEKcZDgbs

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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

^ I was in there the other day with the kids.  Hatfields and Henry Cow were my first Canterbury heroes but I can remember where, when and who I was with when I first heard that Caravan debut album - in Nottingham.

I wish FOPP was still there, having bought most of my CD's from FOPP in the past. It was Nottingham's last independent record store, even after HMV took them over. Smile
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^ I was in there the other day with the kids.  Hatfields and Henry Cow were my first Canterbury heroes but I can remember where, when and who I was with when I first heard that Caravan debut album - in Nottingham.
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^ My first Canterbury Scene album was Caravan's debut, purchased on CD from FOPP in Nottingham sometime around 2010/11/12, although I had no idea it was Canterbury Scene music until joining ProgArchives. Embarrassed
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My memories of the Canterbury scene:
- My first 'Canterbury' album was probably 'The Rotter's Club', bought on release in 75 as a 13 year old after hearing something off it on the Alan Freeman Show.
- Read Steve Hillage mention 'Canterbury Fuzz Organ' in an interview when he became temporary leader of Gong in 75.  Until then, I didn't realise Canterbury was a 'scene'.
- First 'Canterbury' gig - Steve Hillage supported by National Health at Leicester University, 1978.  If you include Henry Cow, then I had already seen them twice by then (in 77).
- Lucky to see the Canterbury 'supergroup', In Cahoots in Nottingham, in 1984 (Pyle, R. Sinclair, Miller, Dean and Lemer)
- Attended Caravan 'reunion' at Central TV, Nottingham, in 1990 (we all know the video)
- Saw another Canterbury supergroup, Going Going (Hopper/R. Sinclair/Ward/Hewins), this time at Brixton Fridge supporting Gong Maison, in 1991.
- Also in 1991, finally got to see Kevin Ayers in London (first of three occasions)
- More recently, the current Soft Machine (in 2019 I was lucky to see them with the late John Marshall and Roy Babbington)

Canterbury musician I have seen the most:  Richard Sinclair


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Canterbury Scene Albums Year by Year: 1968-1969

 3 stars 1968: Giles, Giles & Fripp - Cheerful Insanity - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lUw8cVMh8fjWod0O6sataEfUNlji0_Wds
 4 stars 1968: Giles, Giles & Fripp - The Brondesbury Tapes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV4vHypIBuwz-zvnZH5pQmPnTFouBdbcm

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Three cheers for Henry Cow and Slapp Happy!  And a dozen more for Alan Gowan!
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

It's a long road we've been Travelling together all aboard our Magic Bus with a Caravan on tow and following the sign for Hatfield & the North on the Canterbury Scene trail (which isn't a Quantum Jump away from Jazz Rock/Fusion). Undoubtedly, there's been a whole Soft Heap of goodies to savour, but two outstanding golden Gong artists for me were  Zopp & Zyma, who arrived by special Delivery right at the end of the trail, although they were well worth waiting for.  I was left with Egg on my face though after giving Robert Wyatt's acclaimed Rock Bottom album a 2-star rating, Cos anyone with National Health specs can see it's worth more than that, especially bearing in mind Rock Bottom is right near the top of PA's Canterbury Scene chart at #2. Ouch

A-Z of Canterbury Scene Artists by Nationality

United Kingdom

Antique Seeking Nuns
Kevin Ayers
Big Hogg
The Boot Lagoon
Brainville
Caravan
Clear Frame
Delivery
Egg
The Ghoulies
Michael Giles
Gilgamesh
Gowen - Miller - Sinclair - Tomkins
John Greaves 
Nicholas Greenwood
Gringo
Hatfield & the North
Steve Hillage
Hopper - Dean - Tippett - Gallivan
Hugh Hopper
Jakko M. Jakszyk
The Kentish Spires
Khan
Magic Bus
Matching Mole
Miller & Coxhill
Phil Miller
Moom
National Health
John G. Perry
The Polite Force
Pip Pyle
Quantum Jump
Quiet Sun
Short Wave
Richard Sinclair
Soft Heap
Soft Machine
Soft Machine Legacy
Soft Works
The Wilde Flowers
Robert Wyatt
Zopp

Australia

Daevid Allen

Belgium

Cos
Pazop

France

Moving Gelatine Plates
Ocarinah
Travelling

Germany

Tortilla Flat
Zyma

Republic of Ireland

Supply Demand & Curve

Italy

Homunculus Res
Picchio dal Pozzo

Japan

De Lorians
HenryTennis
Moleslope
Mr. Sirius
Stubbs

Multi-National

Gong
Soft Mountain

The Netherlands

Pantheon
Supersister

Spain

Amoeba Split

United States

The Lodge
Manna / Mirage
Master Cylinder
The Muffins
Volare
The Winstons

Great list. However, I'd like to recommend you add The Worm Ouroboros to your list because they undoubtedly deserve to be on any list of non-English 'Canterburians' due to their two albums, which are both magnificent. Musically, their fantastic albums are as 'Cantebury' as they are musically perfect, with intricately complex yet captivating tracks.
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It's a long road we've been Travelling together all aboard our Magic Bus with a Caravan on tow and following the sign for Hatfield & the North on the Canterbury Scene trail (which isn't a Quantum Jump away from Jazz Rock/Fusion). Undoubtedly, there's been a whole Soft Heap of goodies to savour, but two outstanding golden Gong artists for me were  Zopp & Zyma, who arrived by special Delivery right at the end of the trail, although they were well worth waiting for.  I was left with Egg on my face though after giving Robert Wyatt's acclaimed Rock Bottom album a 2-star rating, Cos anyone with National Health specs can see it's worth more than that, especially bearing in mind Rock Bottom is right near the top of PA's Canterbury Scene chart at #2. Ouch

A-Z of Canterbury Scene Artists by Nationality

United Kingdom

Antique Seeking Nuns
Kevin Ayers
Big Hogg
The Boot Lagoon
Brainville
Caravan
Clear Frame
Delivery
Egg
The Ghoulies
Michael Giles
Gilgamesh
Gowen - Miller - Sinclair - Tomkins
John Greaves 
Nicholas Greenwood
Gringo
Hatfield & the North
Steve Hillage
Hopper - Dean - Tippett - Gallivan
Hugh Hopper
Jakko M. Jakszyk
The Kentish Spires
Khan
Magic Bus
Matching Mole
Miller & Coxhill
Phil Miller
Moom
National Health
John G. Perry
The Polite Force
Pip Pyle
Quantum Jump
Quiet Sun
Short Wave
Richard Sinclair
Soft Heap
Soft Machine
Soft Machine Legacy
Soft Works
The Wilde Flowers
Robert Wyatt
Zopp

Australia

Daevid Allen

Belgium

Cos
Pazop

France

Moving Gelatine Plates
Ocarinah
Travelling

Germany

Tortilla Flat
Zyma

Republic of Ireland

Supply Demand & Curve

Italy

Homunculus Res
Picchio dal Pozzo

Japan

De Lorians
HenryTennis
Moleslope
Mr. Sirius
Stubbs

Multi-National

Gong
Soft Mountain

The Netherlands

Pantheon
Supersister

Spain

Amoeba Split

United States

The Lodge
Manna / Mirage
Master Cylinder
The Muffins
Volare
The Winstons

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Not many bands can top Zopp and it's good to see they have many fans here with both of their superb albums in PA's Canterbury Scene Top 30 too. Thumbs Up
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Both Zopp lps are wonderful  ....  heard them on you tube but will be ordering them soon.
But.....imho they are not better than the classic Canterbury lps by Hatfield and Nat Health.....they are as good as in some ways but imho they don't have that same vibe that the female singers (Parson, Gaskins ,et al and Sinclair) as well as the writing Stewart et al brought to Hatfield and others.
But I 'm glad Zopp is emulating the older sounds.
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Very, very much enjoying Zopp's Dominion lp.. so impressed, i ordered the vinyl version!Clap

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^Nah, not better than Hatfield or Health, but Caravan maybe.

Zopp's Dominion album may be the best album in the entire dominion of Canterbury Scene music. No, not even maybe... It IS the best Canterbury Scene album I've ever heard! Star Star Star Star Star Star

Hi,

I guess that comment might be a bit over the zopp somewhere, but I agree that both albums are excellent. Wonderful listens, regardless of it being Canterbury tea or bones!

I think that is one of the most satisfying listens in some time. Very very nice! 
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Why am I not surprised you hate Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom and rate Zopp ahead Hatfield and National Health. Zopp is a nice album but c'mon!

At least I'm predictable. I've tried to like Robert Wyatt by listening to all of his albums again yesterday, but I'm afraid he still remains at the rock bottom of my Canterbury Scene pile, alongside Hugh Hopper. Ribbit. 🐸

Paul, have you tried playing Robert Wyatt backward, on a Thursday morning? Wink

I love the new Zopp album.  I'll compare it with my favorites from my Canterbury collection.  Get ready to rumble with tea and crumpets and Canterbury. 
Zopp are the Topps for me and the music goes nicely with tea and crumpets too.  Thumbs Up
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